Jukuja Dolly Snell
Kurtal, The Great Sandy Desert, WA, 1935-2015
Kurtal - Living Water II, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
120cm x 90cm
'Kurtal big snake here, cheeky one. Proper jila this one, living water. This is jilji (sandhill - surrounding waterhole) on the outside, That bit that's where Kurtal makes his toilet...
"Kurtal big snake here, cheeky one. Proper jila this one, living water. This is jilji (sandhill - surrounding waterhole) on the outside, That bit that's where Kurtal makes his toilet (break between sandhill). If you get bush tucker from wrong place that big wind comes up because you make that snake angry. We don't get jurnta (bush onion) from just anywhere, you got to be careful No one can't jump in this waterhole, my husband Spider Snell is the Tradi????onal Owner of this country. He saved my brother life, my brother he wanted to drink water from this waterhole the snake pull him in but my husband pull him back up and save his life." Kurtal is a jila (waterhole) associated with rainmaking southwest of Lake Gregory. It is a permanent waterhole